Chapter 3: Eleena (1/2)

“I only have tea, is that okay?”

Xi Wei had only been occupying this cottage for three days after all, so he had a lot of household items missing. In spite of that, there was no chance he would waste divine energy to create those things.

Objectively speaking, these three days were the poorest and simplest Xi Wei had lived in both his lifetimes.

He missed his phone, computer, and takeout dearly…

“It’s alright, I’m fine with it even if you only have plain water!” Eleena chirped, her silver twintails swaying rhythmically as she rocked excitedly in her chair.

Pouring her a cup of tea, Xi Wei took out a dinner plate, deftly cutting up the roasted meat into smaller pieces and arranging them neatly on the plate before serving it, placing it carefully on the old wooden table.

Eyes sparkling, the young girl immediately reached for a piece of meat, and was about to eat it before she noticed Xi Wei’s gaze on her, so she held in her excitement and started nibbling on it daintily like a well-mannered little lady.

“Don’t mind me, please eat all you want,” he couldn’t help saying, smiling wryly.

“That won’t do. My father said that I must always be polite and well-mannered,” Eleena said earnestly.

“Oh?” Xi Wei raised his brow curiously.

If he remembered correctly, Eleena was an orphan who was currently living with her uncle.

“Ah! What do you mean by that expression Mister Xi Wei? Don’t you believe in me?” The little one exclaimed in dissatisfaction, the threat coming out weak due to the sauce stain at the edge of her mouth.

“No, I was just a little surprised that someone from such a remote village like this cared about manners,” he explained.

Actually the way he said this held some prejudice against Kennington Village, and if it were anyone else from the village here today Xi Wei would not have said anything of the sort. However through the past few days of interacting with Eleena, he knew that the girl was not someone who would go around running their mouth, nor was she someone who assumed the worst of someone.

True to his assumptions, Eleena did not even realize the slightly demeaning context in Xi Wei’s words, only pouting softly and grumbling, “My father had said that my mother was a noblewoman from the city, and that one day I might have a chance to meet my maternal relatives one day. That’s why I have to always be well-mannered, even though I think it’s very troublesome…”

Hearing her words, Xi Wei could almost visualize the makings of a grand ten-season-120-episode soap opera about love and fantasy in his mind…

However as a deity, he did not have too much interest in the family matters of a mortal, so he quickly changed the topic.

“Eleena, what deities do the people from your village worship?” he asked carefully.

“My father worships the God of the Hunt and the Goddess of the Forest, while Grandpa Elder and my aunt believe in the God of Harvest and the Lord of the Mountains, while my father hopes that I can worship the God of Light just like my mother did…” she recounted, stretching her fingers with each person she talked about.

“Did worshipping the God of Harvest do any good? Did the harvests in the village become more abundant?” Xi Wei continued on asking.

“Uhm… Maybe just a little..?” Eleena replied absently, but judging from her expression she didn’t believe in what she said either.

“I don’t worship the God of Harvest, nor am I a part of the Natural Sect1. If you have anything to say you can just tell me, hm?” Xi Wei said encouragingly, his tone gentle.

“…It actually wasn’t of any use, the harvests were even lacking last year. Grandpa Elder was almost extorted to death by the tax officer!” Eleena complained indignantly.

Xi Wei nodded internally—this was all to be expected. A great majority of commoners would worship two or more deities at once, dividing the little time they had left to pray and worship to different deities and causing many of them to only be shallow believers.

After all, one of the prerequisites for wanting to become a true believer 1of a deity was to completely devote oneself to a deity, or two deities who had close relations with one another.